Angela Barlow

Actor, speaker, writer, voiceover artist

After a long and varied career in theatre, television and voiceovers,  [Angela Barlow – actor], Angela now focuses on speaking and writing about one of her favourite subjects, JANE AUSTEN.

Angela’s entertaining talks, which have been enjoyed around the UK, in the USA and in Australia, are punctuated with performed extracts from Austen’s novels, passages from her letters, and material from sources that help throw light on Jane’s life and art.

Articles by Angela appear in the Jane Austen Society UK Reports and in other publications; her chapter Jane Austen and the Theatre features in the Edinburgh University Press’s forthcoming Jane Austen and the Arts.

Her latest talk is JANE AUSTEN AND LONDON:

In a letter from London, the twenty-year-old Jane writes “Here I am once more in this scene of Dissipation & vice, and I begin already to find my Morals corrupted.”
This lively presentation, illustrated with many images, reveals how Jane’s youthful perception of London changed and developed over the years, bringing her happiness, and profoundly influencing her writing and her life experience.

For more information and to book this talk, go HERE [Jane Austen Talks]

Other talks have been:
Jane Austen’s Actors:

“Angela’s presentation was outstanding – bright, sparkling, and informative.” Alisa A. Shorago, JASNA, San Diego

“A witty and perceptive examination of the prominent actors of Jane Austen’s time and the novelist’s own thoughts about acting. With humour, charm and knowledgeableness worn lightly, Angela Barlow gives us an hour of entertainment which will resonate long after.”   Maggie Lane, (Understanding Austen, Jane Austen’s Family, etc)

Jane Austen and the Importance of Aunts:

“An outstanding performance … Just magical.”  Hazel Jones (Jane Austen & Marriage, Jane Austen’s Journeys, etc)

“Superb. Her Miss Bates was a triumph. It brightened up dreary January no end.”  Penny Townsend, Jane Austen Society SW

Jane Austen and Character:

“Angela Barlow’s sensitive presentation …. her insightful commentary, a delightful mixture of humour and pathos, wit and satire.”  Susannah Fullerton, President, Jane Austen Society of Australia

For more information and to book a talk, go HERE [Jane Austen Talks]